Is Catholic social teaching just another social theory? No! We would be remiss if we gave the impression that Catholic social teaching is just an alternative sociological, economic or anthropological view of the world, albeit a prescriptive one, with many of its insights being substantiated by these disciplines.
Radical Secularism is driven by this skeptical relativism which basically holds that there is no such thing as an objective truth. There’s just what I believe, you believe, a group, a nation believes; nothing is objectively true.
Catholic social teaching seeks to apply the essence of Christian moral principles to life in society. It is not an economic or political program, but it offers a powerful way of thinking about what the common good requires.
